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After
a
recent
appellate
decision
declared
Trump’s
sweeping
tariff
regime
unconstitutional,
the
administration
is
appealing
the
decision
to
the
Supreme
Court.
That’s
entirely
expected,
and
even
the
Fourth
Circuit
kept
the
tariffs
in
place
until
mid-October
to
give
Trump
the
opportunity
to
do
so.
Donald
Trump
reacted
to
the
appellate
court
loss
with
the
expected
over-the-top
social
media
post,
writing,
“If
allowed
to
stand,
this
Decision
would
literally
destroy
the
United
States
of
America.”
Solicitor
General
D.
John
Sauer
was
(slightly)
more
measured
in
the
appeal
filed
last
week,
writing,“That
decision
casts
a
pall
of
uncertainty
upon
ongoing
foreign
negotiations
that
the
President
has
been
pursuing
through
tariffs
over
the
past
five
months,
jeopardizing
both
already
negotiated
framework
deals
and
ongoing
negotiations.
The
stakes
in
this
case
could
not
be
higher.”
Now
the
full
court
press
is
on
from
the
Trump
administration
over
the
tariffs.
Treasury
Secretary
Scott
Bessent
went
on
NBC’s
Meet
the
Press
this
weekend
to
make
a
not
particularly
subtle
pitch
to
the
High
Court.
“I
am
confident
that
we
will
win
at
the
Supreme
Court,”
he
said.
And,
really,
why
wouldn’t
he
feel
that
way?
The
Court
has
bent
over
backwards
to
do
what
the
administration
wants.
Still,
Bessent
tightens
the
screws.
“But
there
are
numerous
other
avenues
that
we
can
take.
They
diminish
President
Trump’s
negotiating
position.”
He
also
played
the
money
card,
focusing
on
the
financial
impact
of
following
the
constitution.
“We
would
have
to
give
a
refund
on
about
half
the
tariffs,
which
would
be
terrible
for
the
Treasury,”
Bessent
said.
“If
the
court
says
it,
we’d
have
to
do
it,”
he
continued.
Well,
at
least
*he*
plans
on
following
the
Supreme
Court’s
ruling.
Progress!
Watch
the
full
interview
below.
Kathryn
Rubino
is
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Senior
Editor
at
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Law,
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